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he played right into the hands of democrats and thank you, john boehner. >> no. he didn't. you have to be strategic in this town. you don't have to vote to do what you seek to do. paul ryan is a states person realizing you've got to reach across the aisle. we're going to get everything we want? no. >> we're getting 10% republicans possibly. only good thick thing republicans can claim that they cut government sequester. 90%, democrats 90% happy with this bill. >> go ahead, brad >> it tells me when both parties are ticked off at the accomplishments made, they've probably got a good compromise we should be thinking about 2014 let's get the senate back and put the president. you think to think obama doesn't exist, but he does. >> i think, i do this, this is what you have to do. there is a pendulum. it swings back and forth. it seems it's swinging away from the tea party because of the shut down. they're getting the blame. >> that is because establishment governments did not like good things coming out. ratings were high when congress and white house were low. majority of americ
he played right into the hands of democrats and thank you, john boehner. >> no. he didn't. you have to be strategic in this town. you don't have to vote to do what you seek to do. paul ryan is a states person realizing you've got to reach across the aisle. we're going to get everything we want? no. >> we're getting 10% republicans possibly. only good thick thing republicans can claim that they cut government sequester. 90%, democrats 90% happy with this bill. >> go ahead, brad...
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that's why they are concerned how loud of a voice they have but speaker boehner pushed back hard, we have not heard that kind of language against his own republican party members. so that was pretty note worthy. >> what was the reaction to what he had to say? >> it was just a moment where it allows for voices like congressman paul ryan to talk about compromise. and not equating compromise with being a moderate, or being weak on deals. he kept saying i am a fiscal conservative, but that doesn't mean i can't go on to fight another day. you saw the numbers back that up, but this sort of airs some grievances that have been going on. things that staphers have been talking about, but to hear the speaker of the house speak back, and accuse these groups of misleading the people that give them money, and support them, and also losing their credibility, there's some fighting words and they are directed to groups that support or push back inside of his party. am al jazeera america, great to have you with us again. >> thank you. >> for more analysis washington bureau chief for the daily news, an
that's why they are concerned how loud of a voice they have but speaker boehner pushed back hard, we have not heard that kind of language against his own republican party members. so that was pretty note worthy. >> what was the reaction to what he had to say? >> it was just a moment where it allows for voices like congressman paul ryan to talk about compromise. and not equating compromise with being a moderate, or being weak on deals. he kept saying i am a fiscal conservative, but...
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and i say bravo boehner. it's about time he draws the line in the sand between political hysteria and rhetoric and governing. someone has to come to a consensus of direction and solution or resolution. i think the speaker has done that. more importantly, and i think this is something a lot of the members or at least the third party groups aren't getting, bain ser giving them a big cya going into next year. the last thing the republicans need is for the party to be into a conversation about the debt ceiling, sequestration, budget cuts, and all these things that are going to be hot button issues from an economic standpoint that put us much more in a defensive posture in negotiating with this administration than an aggressive posture we find ourselves in now. which is why a lot of the folks on the left are put out by this but haven't said too much because they know they have an upper hand here. i think boehner has given them a lot more maneuverability going into next year that they don't rightly appreciate. this
and i say bravo boehner. it's about time he draws the line in the sand between political hysteria and rhetoric and governing. someone has to come to a consensus of direction and solution or resolution. i think the speaker has done that. more importantly, and i think this is something a lot of the members or at least the third party groups aren't getting, bain ser giving them a big cya going into next year. the last thing the republicans need is for the party to be into a conversation about the...
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. >> john boehner has more influence. we're all students of john boehner. we all look at his face and try to figure out what's going on. the 75-second press conference did not tell us anything. >> 73 seconds. >> i rounded up to the nearest five. i don't know what he's going to do. what causes him to move. the president risked his job to pass universal health care. right now for this, the next crisis, the debt ceiling, to end john boehner is going to have to risk his job one way or the other. >> it's hard. very hard for me to see him saying, here you go, nancy pelosi. >> or any kind of democratic cooperation. last night i was on the air 1:00 to 2:00 in the morning. i apologize to anybody who watched that. no, it was a great program was a lot was happening. among things that happened speaker boehner came out for 73 second press conference, did not mention the words government shutdown. luke russert is kind of like a distant cousin, young nephew to john boehner, they have a personal relationship on the hill. luke came out an
. >> john boehner has more influence. we're all students of john boehner. we all look at his face and try to figure out what's going on. the 75-second press conference did not tell us anything. >> 73 seconds. >> i rounded up to the nearest five. i don't know what he's going to do. what causes him to move. the president risked his job to pass universal health care. right now for this, the next crisis, the debt ceiling, to end john boehner is going to have to risk his job one...
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as you know, bret, just at the end of last year, speaker house boehner achieved trillions in revenue by reforming the tax code and can do that from the well connected. we are only asking for $580 billion. and not a trillion. $580 billion . that is balanced and it is fair. >> i will talk about revenue in a second. you have the social security disability trust fun that runs out of the money in 2016 on the president's watch . the medicare trust fun runs out in 2024 . we have the social security that only pays out what it takes in . impose the overnight cut in benefits in 2033 . change cpi in 2035. the question is does the president believe that more has to be done? >> the president believes that we will continue to work to strengthen the program in ways that protect them ands for our seniors. what is interesting the alternative proposal from the house republicans, that would voucherize medicare as i said and claims to balance the budget without providing spectaculars . the - specifics. they don't want to get in the details of how you provided tax cuts to the mostly well off. you have to
as you know, bret, just at the end of last year, speaker house boehner achieved trillions in revenue by reforming the tax code and can do that from the well connected. we are only asking for $580 billion. and not a trillion. $580 billion . that is balanced and it is fair. >> i will talk about revenue in a second. you have the social security disability trust fun that runs out of the money in 2016 on the president's watch . the medicare trust fun runs out in 2024 . we have the social...
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which means that speaker boehner has to bring up immigration reform tomorrow if he is going to bring it up this session at all. reporters have been fasting for a month now on the national mall in washington, d.c., they've gone without food, they have been talking to everybody who stops by about what they are fasting for. by members of congress from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, they say they have twice written to house speaker john boehner personally but they have not heard back from him. yesterday they posted this picture of the activists trying to talk to speaker boehner, asking him to please allow a vote in the house before the session is over. dana milbank at "the washington post" reports that unless john boehner surprises everybody and agrees to bring the bill up over a vote, those people who have been fasting on the mall in d.c. are planning to announce that they will be folding up their tents there and they will be moving to on to new strategies. it would be one thing if immigration reform was just a democratic priority that republicans were against and s
which means that speaker boehner has to bring up immigration reform tomorrow if he is going to bring it up this session at all. reporters have been fasting for a month now on the national mall in washington, d.c., they've gone without food, they have been talking to everybody who stops by about what they are fasting for. by members of congress from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, they say they have twice written to house speaker john boehner personally but they have not...
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in the process they strengthened john boehner's hand. it's not only john boehner who got fed up, it was a lot of other republicans got fed up and worried about seeing what was a political destruction of the republican party. >> but it's not over, by the way. >> mr. speaker. >> the other giant game-changer was obamacare. if you're a semirational republican to sit around and say, it's one thing to say, gee, that didn't work. it's another thing to say to have this gigantic christmas gift to show up on your doorstep that said, please don't screw this up. >> which they did. >> covering the collapse of obamacare. not covering a fight in the republican party. >> before we celebrate this budget deal, which is really marginal, you know, it shows how low our expectations has become, this is almost nothing. the real shameful aspect of it is that, 1.3 million people are not going to be getting unemployment benefits on december 28th because congress did not, in this budget agreement, see fit to extend unemployment benefits. >> exactly. >> and democra
in the process they strengthened john boehner's hand. it's not only john boehner who got fed up, it was a lot of other republicans got fed up and worried about seeing what was a political destruction of the republican party. >> but it's not over, by the way. >> mr. speaker. >> the other giant game-changer was obamacare. if you're a semirational republican to sit around and say, it's one thing to say, gee, that didn't work. it's another thing to say to have this gigantic...
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will you continue to back boehner? is this something you're going to hold against him, or do you think he's your hero? >> i support the way he's handled this. i was in that room with him and a few other members, where he was putting option after option on the table to president obama, and president obama said i'm not even going to be willing to negotiate on anything. it's a tough situation when you have a speaker saying look, i'm here to negotiate. we have cast a lot of votes to past bill that the president and people in his parties would say we don't want to fund. we actually cast the votes to -- >> but quick follow-up. i think the speaker put on the table, this is a leadership position from him. how is he supposed to move forward? to get stuff done, he may have to move in more of a direction of working with democrats. you don't seem to be willing to go with him in that direction. how does this work? how is the tea party thinking about this now? he was with you? basically you guys from my point of view took you into a
will you continue to back boehner? is this something you're going to hold against him, or do you think he's your hero? >> i support the way he's handled this. i was in that room with him and a few other members, where he was putting option after option on the table to president obama, and president obama said i'm not even going to be willing to negotiate on anything. it's a tough situation when you have a speaker saying look, i'm here to negotiate. we have cast a lot of votes to past bill...
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>> reporter: speaker john boehner finally saying no to the tea party by passing an historic budget deal tonight that offers modest budget cuts but keeps the government open. >> some tea party groups are calling this a sellout bill, that you are compromising too much. >> i came here to cut the size of the government. that's exactly what this bill does. when you criticize something and you have no idea what you're criticizing, it undermines your credibility. >> reporter: paul ryan, the architect of the budget deal under fire, too. >> paul ryan, the conservative star of the party sold out. >> look, if you want to get things done, you have to be willing to be criticized by everybody. republicans don't run everything. we're the minority party right now, so you have to find a way to work with the other side of the aisle to make the government work. >> reporter: the tea party and far right have led the party for nearly three years. tonight, they see this deal is doing too little to cut the nation's debt. >> the republican party is absorbed, is consumed with eliminating any conservative influen
>> reporter: speaker john boehner finally saying no to the tea party by passing an historic budget deal tonight that offers modest budget cuts but keeps the government open. >> some tea party groups are calling this a sellout bill, that you are compromising too much. >> i came here to cut the size of the government. that's exactly what this bill does. when you criticize something and you have no idea what you're criticizing, it undermines your credibility. >> reporter:...
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house speaker john boehner blasted . >> they're misleading their followers. they're pushing our members in places they don't want to be, and frankly i think they have lost all credibility. to defund obamacare and shut down the government. most of you know my members know that was not the strategy that i had in mind. but as you'll recall the day before the government reopened one of the people of one of these groups stood up and said, we never thought it would work. are you kidding me? >> the last of officials years, with votes expected on the budget and approval of jay johnson to head homeland security and janet yellen to be the new chair of the federal reserve. >> here to talk with us over the senate's final days the turn was . norm, unprecedented low ratings for both chambers from the public, has it provided the outside pressure that would have forced these men and women to do something different. >> the last poll showed a 6% approval rating. i heard john mccain at an event, he said we're down to blood relatives and paid staffs, and then he said my mother w
house speaker john boehner blasted . >> they're misleading their followers. they're pushing our members in places they don't want to be, and frankly i think they have lost all credibility. to defund obamacare and shut down the government. most of you know my members know that was not the strategy that i had in mind. but as you'll recall the day before the government reopened one of the people of one of these groups stood up and said, we never thought it would work. are you kidding me?...
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you're picking and choosing agencies. >> i'm with john boehner. why don't you surrender to us and we'll be happy? if i were a democrat, i would love that solution. i'm sorry. your turn. >> i think there's just this -- with all this bickering is resulting in nothing but pain and suffering, and a lack of certain for markets, so, look, i'm tired of the bickering. when we come back, we have a former speaker of the house. i am going to ask all three of you how we get out of this mess and get to a real deal. ♪ [ male announcer ] let's go places. but let's be ready. ♪ let's do our homework. ♪ let's look out for each other. let's look both ways before crossing. ♪ let's remember what's important. let's be optimistic. but just in case -- let's be ready. toyota. let's go places, safely. but just in case -- let's be ready. >>> welcome back to "crossfire." we are here with two members of congress. we have the legendary rosa delawyero, and the rising star raul labrador, and my co-host, who used to be the speaker of the house. now, listen, i am tired of
you're picking and choosing agencies. >> i'm with john boehner. why don't you surrender to us and we'll be happy? if i were a democrat, i would love that solution. i'm sorry. your turn. >> i think there's just this -- with all this bickering is resulting in nothing but pain and suffering, and a lack of certain for markets, so, look, i'm tired of the bickering. when we come back, we have a former speaker of the house. i am going to ask all three of you how we get out of this mess and...
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the president, they would literally not talk or negotiate with boehner, smoke boehner made that very public and he was very upset about it. he has no relationships with the republicans in the house or indeed in the senate. he has no relationships indeed with the democrat leadership of the house. that is absolutely critical to having the quiet kind of negotiations and the private negotiations producing a lot of deals in the past. >> let me finish. >> this is something, which i know -- >> let him finish. >> the repetition does not play its demeanor. and for anybody that has been involved in negotiations, they know how critical that is. and that leadership will be there as i said, clinton had it, reagan had it, this guy does not have it and everybody in washington knows that. >> and the call for the bipartisanship sometimes is just great to my ears. because one of those things that they agree on that obama is talking about is a farm bill. this is a bunch of corporate welfare that a lot of people, this is the sort of things that a lot of people on the left and right are getting fed up ab
the president, they would literally not talk or negotiate with boehner, smoke boehner made that very public and he was very upset about it. he has no relationships with the republicans in the house or indeed in the senate. he has no relationships indeed with the democrat leadership of the house. that is absolutely critical to having the quiet kind of negotiations and the private negotiations producing a lot of deals in the past. >> let me finish. >> this is something, which i know...
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sorry, speaker boehner, but those reindeer won't fly. today senate majority leader harry reid vowed to keep fighting to extend jobless benefits. in the house, 166 democrats september a letter to speaker boehner demanding he take action before the holiday break. and the president used his latest weekly radio address to pressure republicans to do the right thing. this fight won't be easy. just look at what's happening with the new budget deal. the far right is against it. because it doesn't cut enough. the deal removes $63 billion of spending cuts and plays for programs like head start, meals on wheels, groups like heritage foundation and foundation works are saying it's non-start up of the one calls it selling out. >> i'm sure it's the best paul could get. but it's nothing anything i can support. he has led to make a compromise that sells out what actually needs to be done. >> it's selling out to fund programs that help children and seniors? this far right ideology is what we're up against. it's the great battle of our time. the fight aga
sorry, speaker boehner, but those reindeer won't fly. today senate majority leader harry reid vowed to keep fighting to extend jobless benefits. in the house, 166 democrats september a letter to speaker boehner demanding he take action before the holiday break. and the president used his latest weekly radio address to pressure republicans to do the right thing. this fight won't be easy. just look at what's happening with the new budget deal. the far right is against it. because it doesn't cut...
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similarly house speaker john boehner's decision to finally stand up to outside conservative groups has some declaring a tectonic shift,ed leader has turned a corner on its impotent past. moderates reasserting control on their base writes kathleen parker in the "washington post," we could be witnessing the first shots of an old guard revolution from which emerges the leader republicans are waiting for. center stage, paul ryan. this weekend paul ryan seems less interested in taking back the party than playing nice. >> i think these groups are indispensable to keeping taxpayer interest accounted for, keeping people account able. we some difference of opinions on tactics. we all believe the same thing with respect to the ultimate goal. >> leadership might have had spine stiffening but orders are dictate freddie above, power in the republican party does not necessarily rest with the speaker's gavel. according to he had killgore and tpm, remains dominant force and therefore civil war doesn't remotely resemble past skichls. millions of miles away from i don't remember, rockefeller and goldwat
similarly house speaker john boehner's decision to finally stand up to outside conservative groups has some declaring a tectonic shift,ed leader has turned a corner on its impotent past. moderates reasserting control on their base writes kathleen parker in the "washington post," we could be witnessing the first shots of an old guard revolution from which emerges the leader republicans are waiting for. center stage, paul ryan. this weekend paul ryan seems less interested in taking back...
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that brings the question boehner. boehner is now in a very tough situation. and he's going to be looking over his shoulder at people like you. is his speakership in jeopardy? he can't get you. whether he does that, does that put his speakership in jeopardy, will you stay with bain oehnerb? >> i don't see any speaker losing at midterm. they haven't even asked us. we've been out of town for the weekend. and all of a sudden think haey this deal. >> let me point out two problems with the hastert rule. there are major issues we have been fighting on for decades. the immigration rule. by sticking to this artificial rule, you're prohibiting a bipartisan agreement. it would be a strong bipartisan vote that would send that package to the president. and there are a lot of other priorities that could go to the president but for that rule. now it does require the speaker to show leadership and it does require him to stare down some of the tea party caucus. >> what was the pelosi rule that prevented immigration to come to the floor when she was speaker? why didn't she pas
that brings the question boehner. boehner is now in a very tough situation. and he's going to be looking over his shoulder at people like you. is his speakership in jeopardy? he can't get you. whether he does that, does that put his speakership in jeopardy, will you stay with bain oehnerb? >> i don't see any speaker losing at midterm. they haven't even asked us. we've been out of town for the weekend. and all of a sudden think haey this deal. >> let me point out two problems with...
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the president put in his budget ideas the speaker of the house republican john boehner had proposed. he submitted his budget in the nature of compromise from the beginning. so much from the nature of compromise that the republican budget does not include the very ideas that speaker boehner put in on things like chained cpi and -- chain cpi and other things. president has gone such a long way that it is creating concern for democrats. the point is that republicans need to show a little reciprocity. my concern is the reason they refuse to go to conference is two things. one, that people will see in the light of day the stark differences between our approaches. and number two, they don't want a compromise, and if they ever did compromise, speaker -- speaker boehner could not get the compromise through his own party in the house. that's why you say, ok, where is the room to move forward? i think there is room. the best way to put pressure on everyone to get to middle ground is to go to conference, require people to have this conversation in front of the american people, which is what rep
the president put in his budget ideas the speaker of the house republican john boehner had proposed. he submitted his budget in the nature of compromise from the beginning. so much from the nature of compromise that the republican budget does not include the very ideas that speaker boehner put in on things like chained cpi and -- chain cpi and other things. president has gone such a long way that it is creating concern for democrats. the point is that republicans need to show a little...
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you wouldn't like boehner when he is angry. [laughter] >> boehner mad. >> so bad boehner gets sad. [laughter] sound like we dubbed in santa there. come on john boehner eloquently defend your position. you are the house speaker, speak. >> they pushed us into the slight to deep fund obamacare and shutdown the government. date before the government reopened, one of people at -- one of these groups stood up and said well, we never thought it would work. are you kidding me? [laughter] >> jon: that was an awfully aput up with emotional change. talking regularly and suddenly a thunderstorm rolled in. well we never really thought that it would -- are you kidding me? that was prowrestling level rhetoric. clearly boehner is trying to make a catch phrase happen. are you kidding me. i mean these tea partyers are you kidding me? they make joe biden look like stephen hawking. are you kidding me. there's merch out back for those who enjoyed the show. are you kidding me? [laughter] you might be kidding me! [laughter] you know what? conservatives have never liked john boehner that's why they punish
you wouldn't like boehner when he is angry. [laughter] >> boehner mad. >> so bad boehner gets sad. [laughter] sound like we dubbed in santa there. come on john boehner eloquently defend your position. you are the house speaker, speak. >> they pushed us into the slight to deep fund obamacare and shutdown the government. date before the government reopened, one of people at -- one of these groups stood up and said well, we never thought it would work. are you kidding me?...
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not realize vertebrate transplants were covered under the affordable car act, but i just learned jn boehner has a backbone. he cut loose -- >> he is free. >> john boehehner taking on the heritage actction group, which d been helpful enough to the party th it contributed to shutting down the government. but or that, the republicans would be 10 points ahead in the polls. the civil war is far from over. >> look at the bipartisanan thig that happened with the deal. april 2 ofing about 10 years or so, $23 billion reduced in thehe budget. caps on discretionary spending. each side gives up something important, especially the democrats on pensions. maryland hollen of hispted a pension cut which his constituents hard, but he stepped up and made a compromisese. positive things happened. on the other han you have a scorched earth policy being pursued by somon the far right , in the sense that they want to destroy anything that will help the enemy. you want to destroy the enemy's assets. this is what peoplee the hetage group have been trying to do to the democrats. >> let's talk about the deal itself i
not realize vertebrate transplants were covered under the affordable car act, but i just learned jn boehner has a backbone. he cut loose -- >> he is free. >> john boehehner taking on the heritage actction group, which d been helpful enough to the party th it contributed to shutting down the government. but or that, the republicans would be 10 points ahead in the polls. the civil war is far from over. >> look at the bipartisanan thig that happened with the deal. april 2 ofing...
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speaker boehner and any lawmaker could know. on september 27th the pentagon sent a memo on who gets hurt in a shutdown. one item reading, quote, we won't be able to pay some bills during the shutdown. no death benefits can be paid to any family members until the shutdown ends. on that same day the pentagon's comptroller briefed reporters. >> we would be required to do other bad things to our people. examples, we couldn't pay death gratuities for those who die on active duty during the lapse. >> anyone who is angry now shouldn't be that surprised. as a private charity steps in to fill the gap, lawmakers wanting to vent their outrage can always go through these doors and blow off steam at the congressional gym. because shutdown or not, while hundreds of thousands of americans are furloughed, keeping that gym up and running is deemed essential. it remains open. there was other developments on ending this mess. dana bash joins us. there is a rare phenomenon on the hill, actual bipartisan talks. what do you know? >> reporter: there a
speaker boehner and any lawmaker could know. on september 27th the pentagon sent a memo on who gets hurt in a shutdown. one item reading, quote, we won't be able to pay some bills during the shutdown. no death benefits can be paid to any family members until the shutdown ends. on that same day the pentagon's comptroller briefed reporters. >> we would be required to do other bad things to our people. examples, we couldn't pay death gratuities for those who die on active duty during the...
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can boehner with stand that, break the hastert -- can he withstand that one way or the other. can he go with the hastert rule and say we have to have a majority. or do you think the national pressure and probably the pressure from the upper chamber will be too great? >> i think on this issue he will put aside the hastert rule just on principle. like you said, the issue is too important to sit there and look for a majority. the majority, which probably won't exist. number one. number two, i think that if you just take today's vote, 68-31, and that's the final vote on the bill, because a lot of people talking well 70-plus would really seal it in the house, i think that vote seal it is in the house. just by the number itself. three, i took note of what paul ryan said yesterday. on "morning joe." which was, that basically, you know, whatever toomey sends us, this could be pretty good for us. we won't have a problem with. that opened up a whole 'nother room on the right for wiggle room. to begin to move in the direction that pat toomey is leading them. and i think you hit it right
can boehner with stand that, break the hastert -- can he withstand that one way or the other. can he go with the hastert rule and say we have to have a majority. or do you think the national pressure and probably the pressure from the upper chamber will be too great? >> i think on this issue he will put aside the hastert rule just on principle. like you said, the issue is too important to sit there and look for a majority. the majority, which probably won't exist. number one. number two,...
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speaker boehner was the muscle who got them ultimately banned because there were a lot of them and, a future report to the bills looking for them, -- and if you cherry picked through the bills looking for them, they were ultimately banned. what has that done on the process? as a major job more difficult because now you have members who don't want to go along and have little incentive to go along because they don't get results for their constituents? >> it has made it more difficult. i personally think that a member of congress not only has the opportunity, but the obligation to represent his communities and his counties and this state in the u.s. congress. i think they should be and is a part of our responsibility. being allowed -- to allow representative to pursue a request from the city or county or the state or political substitution, a government unit, i think we should be allowed to advocate for our home towns. however, the conference has seen fit to impose a ban on so-called earmarkes. i have to abide by that position the caucus has taken. >> de think there are a lot of members
speaker boehner was the muscle who got them ultimately banned because there were a lot of them and, a future report to the bills looking for them, -- and if you cherry picked through the bills looking for them, they were ultimately banned. what has that done on the process? as a major job more difficult because now you have members who don't want to go along and have little incentive to go along because they don't get results for their constituents? >> it has made it more difficult. i...
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speaker boehner tried to do it with the president but the president is not willing. >>chris: you say dysfunction and you motioned in his direction. is the tea party adding to the dysfunction in washington? >> not at all. they are an important part of the coalition that is the republican party. my difficulty with not necessarily his group but other groups like his, there is some kind of litmus test of what make as good or bad republican and the reason we don't have a republican president today in my opinion is we don't represent the whole country. we don't have one member of congress who is a republican from the entire eastern sea coast until you get to the carolinas and virginia. you cannot govern the country unless you look like the country. they are not the republican party, they are part of the republican party. >>chris: how do you respond? you may have energized the party but you narrowed it? >> if you look at cpac or the rockstars of the g.o.p., the next generation, the people that we are excited about, they are tea party freshmen, rand paul, ron johnson from a
speaker boehner tried to do it with the president but the president is not willing. >>chris: you say dysfunction and you motioned in his direction. is the tea party adding to the dysfunction in washington? >> not at all. they are an important part of the coalition that is the republican party. my difficulty with not necessarily his group but other groups like his, there is some kind of litmus test of what make as good or bad republican and the reason we don't have a republican...
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. >>> boehner's blast. a feud between house republicans and institutional conservatives, many tea partiers exploded on wednesday. speaker john boehner, an outside conservative group, traded barbs over the ryan murray budget deal. it escalated. when the leader of the republican study committee forced out its executive director for leaking strategy from private conversations. republican leaders have repeatedly criticized such groups, americans for prosperity, freedom works and others, of having only one objective. to object pose republican leaders. they called speaker boehner and the republican leadership team quote unquote squishs, who have sacrificed principal for compromise. speaker boehner finally lashed out on camera. >> they are using our members and they are using the american people for their own goals. this is ridiculous. listen, if you are more for deficit reduction, you are for this agreement. >> yes. what about speaker boehner's outburst? why is he so. >> reporter: ed? >> pat? he won this battle.
. >>> boehner's blast. a feud between house republicans and institutional conservatives, many tea partiers exploded on wednesday. speaker john boehner, an outside conservative group, traded barbs over the ryan murray budget deal. it escalated. when the leader of the republican study committee forced out its executive director for leaking strategy from private conversations. republican leaders have repeatedly criticized such groups, americans for prosperity, freedom works and others, of...
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speaker boehner said he is open to it. are you open to a big deal? where dow you stand on that? >> i'm glad we're having a conversation about immigration reform. if you look at rc specifically, a number of our members are actually engaged in this debate. bob glat is the chairman where this will go through in the house. rall lamb dor got on the committee to be in part of the debate probably most articulate spokespeople on this issue is very actively engaged in helping work on and draft legislation and try to find some good conservative solutions to this problem. you need to start with the broken legal system of immigration. i think everybody recognizes our legal system my great grandparents came here from italy. we had a working function and it helped make our country great. it's broken down over the years. both republicans and democrats, we need to fix the legal part of our system and obviously you've got parts of the illegal immigration system that are broken as well and we need to address all of those. could be something we do individually if we can get consensus on some thing
speaker boehner said he is open to it. are you open to a big deal? where dow you stand on that? >> i'm glad we're having a conversation about immigration reform. if you look at rc specifically, a number of our members are actually engaged in this debate. bob glat is the chairman where this will go through in the house. rall lamb dor got on the committee to be in part of the debate probably most articulate spokespeople on this issue is very actively engaged in helping work on and draft...
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>> house speaker john boehner had kind of a rough week here. the at a party folks not happy with the deal that he struck >> the president was able to get the speaker to undo everything he had promised he would do >> where are you? mr. speaker, we need leadership. >> tonight i am ashamed, shame on you, mr. speaker. >> jon: republican or democrat, senator or congressman, team edward or team jacob, everyone agrees john boehner sucks. at least we can be assured that as the incoming congress votes for a new speaker of the house, it's clear what the outcome is going to be. >> john boehner won re-election as house speaker today. >> jon: oh, boy. (train whistle blowing) dd1xsdqgad>>>dd)&ddxb >> jon: welcome back to the show. listen. as you may recall, a couple months ago america was hit by two major disasters. one of them natural, hurricane sandy and one of them somewhat man made the republican majority in the house of representatives. the second of those disasters has made it impossible to clean up the first one >> the $60 billion hurricane sandy
>> house speaker john boehner had kind of a rough week here. the at a party folks not happy with the deal that he struck >> the president was able to get the speaker to undo everything he had promised he would do >> where are you? mr. speaker, we need leadership. >> tonight i am ashamed, shame on you, mr. speaker. >> jon: republican or democrat, senator or congressman, team edward or team jacob, everyone agrees john boehner sucks. at least we can be assured that as...
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house speaker john boehner was pressed about giving people the votes they deserve on gun safety today. here it is. >> how do we address violence in our society, how do we take meaningful steps to reduce that violence? and as i made clear for weeks, when the senate -- if the senate acts, we'll be happy to take a look at what they do. >> neera, is this a failure of leadership for boehner to just kick it over to the senate, we'll see what they do first? what do you make of that? >> i mean, i don't think americans define leadership by saying things like when the senate acts, we'll see what they can do. i think that really -- that kind of lackadaisical attitude towards something that people see as a real threat to their communities, their neighborhoods, their own safety i think is one of the reasons why people think the house republicans are so out of touch. >> sure. >> and they're in single digits. i think the issue is i think democrats will get votes on this in the senate. and then it's going to be on speaker boehner to show that they're going to give the votes on this in the house. >> i
house speaker john boehner was pressed about giving people the votes they deserve on gun safety today. here it is. >> how do we address violence in our society, how do we take meaningful steps to reduce that violence? and as i made clear for weeks, when the senate -- if the senate acts, we'll be happy to take a look at what they do. >> neera, is this a failure of leadership for boehner to just kick it over to the senate, we'll see what they do first? what do you make of that?...
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>> boehner successfully corralled those members yesterday, though. the house passed a bill to suspend the debt ceiling for four months until may 19th, avoiding a showdown over the federal borrowing limit. backing off a demand for dollar-for-dollar spending cuts. house republicans, instead, added a no-budget, no-pay provision to the bill, which would withhold lawmakers' paychecks if they failed to pass a budget and attempt to embarrass the senate and refocus the fight there instead of on the president. >> breaching the debt limit, which some of our members have been pretty anxious to do. that's playing with fire. and no one really knows what will happen, but i'm not quite sure i want to look over the evening of the cliff. >> boehner also promised the new house republican budget will balance in ten years. the guy leading that charge, paul ryan, broke his silence yesterday about the 2012 election. >> the only regret i have is we lost. i think it's closer than you think. the big debate that reinvolvolv, you know, they really did a phenomenal job on techn
>> boehner successfully corralled those members yesterday, though. the house passed a bill to suspend the debt ceiling for four months until may 19th, avoiding a showdown over the federal borrowing limit. backing off a demand for dollar-for-dollar spending cuts. house republicans, instead, added a no-budget, no-pay provision to the bill, which would withhold lawmakers' paychecks if they failed to pass a budget and attempt to embarrass the senate and refocus the fight there instead of on...
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it's named after former house speaker john boehner. if he can't get everybody on his side on board, that might be the only option that house speaker john boehner has. and the reason is because we're right up against the deadline. i mean, this congress ends at noon on thursday. you can't take a bill that has started of in the old congress over into the new congress. it works that way just constitutionally. it's automatic. they are limited in terms it of time, the sands are dripping through the hourglass here. we are down to the very last few of began all-s. before they go down to the. >> though expect the house rules committee to meet later tonight. that's a good sign they are trying to move a bill. whether they move plan number one amending the senate bill or number two whether they just take what the senate sent them. the rules committee sets the parameters for the baited. usually you have to write a rule one day ahead of time to determine how you are going to handle it on the floor. that's a good sign that something is forging ahead.
it's named after former house speaker john boehner. if he can't get everybody on his side on board, that might be the only option that house speaker john boehner has. and the reason is because we're right up against the deadline. i mean, this congress ends at noon on thursday. you can't take a bill that has started of in the old congress over into the new congress. it works that way just constitutionally. it's automatic. they are limited in terms it of time, the sands are dripping through the...
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then boehner goes back and "can't control his caucus." if we accept that premise, i suspect the boehner people might push back, let's accept the president's premise, question very simple. what is the solution? does the president want a new speaker? does the president think there's something he can add, some new approach he can bring? you said the american people paid a price from this debate. has the president with three years ago, have the republican leaders paid a price? i think again, everyone pays a price for you know, the failure to function here in washington. so on that question, the answer i think the is pretty clear. on -- i think what the president was saying in that interview is reflected by what we've all seen over the past several years and many of you have reported which is that even when there has been a sincere willingness in our view by republican leaders to try to find a compromise on some of these broader budget issues, there has not been the support for leadership to consummate those potential agreements. and i think t
then boehner goes back and "can't control his caucus." if we accept that premise, i suspect the boehner people might push back, let's accept the president's premise, question very simple. what is the solution? does the president want a new speaker? does the president think there's something he can add, some new approach he can bring? you said the american people paid a price from this debate. has the president with three years ago, have the republican leaders paid a price? i think...
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all eyes are on john boehner. he's criticized some of the outside groups that have opposed a lot of these policies including immigration, that we're not going to not do anything anymore. we're going to be a party of solutions. rye we're going to move something forward. >> david, we asked you for a headline. alternate headline. everybody knows the stories that get major play. what's your alternate headline right now. >> alternate headline, if this indeed goes through and passes i think you got to look at somebody like paul ryan coming off a budget deal where he sort of was a key leader in the house republicans to make some sort of compromise deal, however wrong it was on the budget, paul ryan supported immigration reform. he could be a major player in moving this. >> on this topic, dafna, the alternate line? >> john boehner, immigration hero. the question before boehner -- >> say that one more time. we put it up. just make sure people heard you right. >> he's got a decision to make. is he going to save his speakers
all eyes are on john boehner. he's criticized some of the outside groups that have opposed a lot of these policies including immigration, that we're not going to not do anything anymore. we're going to be a party of solutions. rye we're going to move something forward. >> david, we asked you for a headline. alternate headline. everybody knows the stories that get major play. what's your alternate headline right now. >> alternate headline, if this indeed goes through and passes i...
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saying that boehner delivered a smug and pretentious rant. joining us now to talk about the not so civil war within the republican party and much more, mike duncan, former chairman of the republican national committee and now heads up, cl of the american coalition for clean coal. great to have you. let's start with this president declaring war on not only fossil fuels but : particular. he says if you have any plans for coal, you're out of business. you're having quite a different experience. >> it is alive and well in the world and the united states. there are parts of the country that understand eric feel like the erin a war, eastern kentucky for example. lou: so why in the world is the industry putting up with it? there was a time when you saw people getting, i mean, just screwed, and they stood up for it. the politicians had a clear, loud voice. they're just getting rolled year. >> they are fighting back. trying to fight back in congress, but they have been somewhat dysfunctional. even if you win in congress he still have -- taking this de
saying that boehner delivered a smug and pretentious rant. joining us now to talk about the not so civil war within the republican party and much more, mike duncan, former chairman of the republican national committee and now heads up, cl of the american coalition for clean coal. great to have you. let's start with this president declaring war on not only fossil fuels but : particular. he says if you have any plans for coal, you're out of business. you're having quite a different experience....
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boehner said no. this is my personal view -- democrats should say, we will support the ag bill, but you have got to use the savings from that bill to help people with unemployment insurance. i have a lot of concerns of the ag bill. the way it is shaping up. my goodness. we know it has at least $15 billion in savings. let's use that to help people. >> and you think they will vote on that and the food stamps in the ag bill? >> we are pressing hard on food stamps. what we do know is that the minimum savings -- we should have more than this -- but the minimum will be $15 billion. that will go a long way to pay for unemployment compensation for americans who are out of work through no fault of their own and are continuing to look for work. i see folks with stacks of job applications a foot-high. they are still looking. we still have a slow economy. it is improving, but still slow. it's the right thing to do. boost when gets a they need to pay their rent and groceries. >> obamacare -- it seriously damage th
boehner said no. this is my personal view -- democrats should say, we will support the ag bill, but you have got to use the savings from that bill to help people with unemployment insurance. i have a lot of concerns of the ag bill. the way it is shaping up. my goodness. we know it has at least $15 billion in savings. let's use that to help people. >> and you think they will vote on that and the food stamps in the ag bill? >> we are pressing hard on food stamps. what we do know is...
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it's the same dynamic that we've seen time and time again where john boehner cannot keep his troops in line. he cannot depend on democrats. and he can only go to democrats so many times. i'm not optimistic at all. >> when you talk about not putting political capital on the line. people who don't cover the white house may not understand they're not even talking through back channels. they're just waiting to see what emerges. >> they are you talking through back channels, and they're going for the minimum. libby said it wasn't a grand bargain. it's not even a baby grand bargain. they're keeping the music playing. that's the goal of keeping congress and government hope. it's an up right piano in a dance hall let alone a baby grand bargain on spending. >> libby, you're talking about partial appeal the on the sequester. i'm not sure how you do that since it was a haircut off the top, the same percentage in all the departments spread the pain. how do you do a partial roll back of it? >> they may be able to give departments more control over how they allocate their budget, but there has been
it's the same dynamic that we've seen time and time again where john boehner cannot keep his troops in line. he cannot depend on democrats. and he can only go to democrats so many times. i'm not optimistic at all. >> when you talk about not putting political capital on the line. people who don't cover the white house may not understand they're not even talking through back channels. they're just waiting to see what emerges. >> they are you talking through back channels, and they're...